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BlackBerry Messenger, the nifty and efficient personal-messaging service that’s become so important to bracing Research In Motion Ltd.’s fatigued appeal in these trying times, may just owe its existence to a local telecom outfit.
“There was a point there where RIM said they were thinking about getting out of BBM,” John Boynton, chief marketing officer at Rogers Communications Inc., recalls. “We said, ‘No, no! We think it’s great.’ ”

Nearly all of my calls on equity, sovereign nations and industries are highly contrarian. At first blush, I get a lot of flack, negative feedback and very little attention save that small coterie of paid subscribers whom I cater to. In the spring/summer of 2010 with RIM trading in the $60s or so, I warned that this company had defintiely seen its heyday. I put out very specific research to subscribers, including downloadable models and extensive reports.

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By David Berman
When Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) issued a profit warning in late April, the share price was crushed and analysts busily cut their target prices and recommendations on the stock. What’s interesting, though, is that the majority of revisions have come from Canadian analysts, while U.S. analysts have more or less held their ground.